ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAM - VOTE 1002

Ministry of Education

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PROGRAM - VOTE 1002

The program provides policy and program direction, as well as financial support, to elementary and secondary schools and agencies in Ontario in order to foster and sustain a high-quality education system for all students in this province, no matter where they live. The program aims to achieve three primary outcomes: excellence in student achievement; preparation of all students for success in further education, work, and community life; and improvement of Ontario's ability to compete in a global marketplace.

Key components of the program are: supporting the implementation of a rigorous curriculum, supporting student learning and maintaining challenging standards of achievement, and supporting excellence in teaching; provision of financial support to a streamlined and efficient education system with a focus on teaching and learning in the classroom, accountability for the funding of elementary and secondary education, and operation of provincial schools for the deaf, blind, deaf/blind and students with learning disabilities.

VOTE SUMMARY
($)

ITEM #

ITEM

Supplementary
Estimates
2009-10

Estimates
2009-10

Estimates
2008-09

Actual
2007-08

OPERATING EXPENSE

1

Policy and Program Delivery

30,000,000

13,684,750,100

12,767,362,300

12,050,305,496

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE TO BE VOTED

30,000,000

13,684,750,100

12,767,362,300

12,050,305,496

Total Operating Expense

30,000,000

13,684,750,100

12,767,362,300

12,050,305,496

Standard Account by Item and Sub-items
($)

VOTE -ITEM
#

STANDARD ACCOUNT BY ITEM AND SUB-ITEMS

OPERATING EXPENSE

1002-1

Policy and Program Delivery

Transfer payments

School Board Operating Grants

30,000,000

Total Operating Expense to be Voted

30,000,000

Total Operating Expense for Elementary and Secondary Education Program